Where does “เล็บมือ” come from?

เล็บมือ (Thai) comes from Thai มือ, from Proto-Tai mwɯːᴬ — hand.

เล็บมือ (Thai): fingernail

Definitions

  1. fingernail

Ancestry of “เล็บมือ”, step by step

เล็บมือ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Thai มือ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiมือhand
2Proto-Taimwɯːᴬhand

via Thai เล็บ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiเล็บnail (fingernail, toenail), claw, talon

Words derived from “เล็บมือ”

Every word from Proto-Tai mwɯːᴬ →Every word from Thai มือ →